HYDERABAD, March 30: People on Sunday continued to hold protest demonstrations throughout Sindh to condemn the US-led invasion of Iraq.

The protesters raised slogans against US President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

In Hyderabad, a procession was taken out by the Jamaat-i-Islami.

Participants emerged from a local hotel and marched through the city’s main thoroughfares.

Talking to protesters, MNA Asadullah Bhutto, Tehrik-i-Insaf leader Mir Haider Talpur and others said the US was insisting prisoners of war should be treated in accordance with the Geneva Conventions but it had forgotten those norms in case of prisoners held in Guantanamo naval station.

Pakistan People’s Party-SB activists also held a protest demonstration outside the press club.

Speaking on the occasion, district PPP-SB president Nisar Ahmad Baloch and others said President Bush should be declared a war criminal.

They urged the rulers to ask the US troops to leave the Shahbaz Airbase and the FBI officials to leave the country.

Activists of different NGOs and those of the Sindhi Qaumi Saath also staged separate anti-war rallies.

DADU: A large number of people, including activists of the MMA and NGOs, held an anti-war protest demonstration in Mehar.

A group of activists of the Sindh People’s Students Federation also staged a demonstration against the Iraq war.

MIRPURKHAS: Hundreds of people, under the banner of the Jafria Students’ Organization, took out a protest procession here against the attack on Iraq by the coalition forces.

The procession started from the Railway Station Chowk.

Carrying banners and placards inscribed with slogans against the war, the protesters, after marching through the main roads, gathered outside the press club.

They burnt flags of the US and Israel.

SUKKUR: A big procession was taken out in Daharki under the banner of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal.

The procession marched through different roads and bazaars of the town and later turned into a public meeting outside the press club.

Bazaars and markets in the town remained closed as thousands of people joined the procession.

The speakers urged the government to reject the war on Iraq and condemn the US.

They said despite the protest against the war throughout the world, the Pakistan government had not taken a firm stance against the invasion of Iraq.

SANGHAR: A large number of people here on Sunday took out a procession to condemn the US-led invasion of Iraq.

The participants — including children and women, 85 of whom councillors — emerged from the taluka council office and marched through main roads of the city and converged outside the local press club.

Speaking to the protesters, Tahira, Noor Jehan and others said the worldwide protest against the Iraq war had proved the theory of clash of civilizations wrong.

They said the war was aimed at taking over possession of oil resources of Iraq.

They said the theory of preemptive strikes would provide a pretext to other strong nations to attack the weaker ones.

LARKANA: The activists of the PPP-SB took to the streets to protest against the Iraq.

The procession started from the Al-Murtaza house and after marching on the main roads of the city terminated at the Jinnahbagh gate.

The protesters said the US was violating all norms of humanity.